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Dede Koswara (1971 – January 30, 2016), also known as the "Tree Man", was an Indonesian carpenter with epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV), a rare disease that causes the human papillomavirus (HPV) to grow uncontrollably, leading to the development of warts resembling tree bark. He received criticism from the people around him for having an ...
In November 2007, a video of a 35-year-old Indonesian man named Dede Koswara with a similar disease appeared on the Internet. [15] His story appeared on the U.S. Discovery Channel and TLC series My Shocking Story (Extraordinary People on UK's Five) in the episode "Half Man Half Tree". [16]
For years, a man from Bangladesh lived with "tree man" syndrome. Abul Bajandar's hands and feet grew foot-long "roots" that left him unable to feed himself, move around, work or wear normal clothing.
10-year-old Sahana Khatun may be the first female to ever be diagnosed with 'tree-man syndrome ... on life are currently running tests to decipher if the young girl suffers from the rare disease ...
None of the links given as references for the indonesian tree man phenomenon (most of which are blogs and such sources with doubtful credibility) establish a link between the tree man's condition and Epidermodysplasia verruciformis. Therefore the section about the tree man should be marked for review.
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Homo floresiensis (/ f l ɔːr ˈ ɛ z iː ˌ ɛ n. s ɪ s /), also known as "Flores Man" or "Hobbit" (after the fictional species), is an extinct species of small archaic humans that inhabited the island of Flores, Indonesia, until the arrival of modern humans about 50,000 years ago.
Abul Bajandar, 28, has had over 20 operations to remove the warts, but a recent relapse allegedly caused them to come back worse than before.